The 14th person was shot Monday afternoon in the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. By contrast, four of the shooting incidents had multiple victims, Chief Saunders said. He also said that "nothing that seems to indicate" a connection between the shootings, although said the investigations are still ongoing.

"I do not anticipate in a three-day or two-day span that I'm going to be talking about 13 people shot. This is not Toronto", he said.

Saunders refused to pin blame on the festivities, but said that the increased density of people in the city at night and the number of venues open could potentially have been a contributing factor to the spike in violence.

The shootings occurred over a busy long-weekend in Toronto, which hosted the Toronto Caribbean Carnival.

"We can't let these 11 occurrences define, because of this event, this is what happened".

"After they shot you could see the gun smoke in the club", she said.

He added that police have "a lot of resources on this one and we will be in good shape to solve this one if we have witnesses come up to help".

"I know Toronto Police are working non-stop to find those responsible for these shootings and to bring them to justice".

Mayor John Tory released a statement reaffirming his position on banning handguns, which he said he believes would address gun violence in the city.

"This was always put forward as a part of the answer to gun violence together with changes to other laws affecting things like bail, additional support for police, and the paramount need for all three governments to invest together in kids, families and neighbourhoods", said his statement.